Corporate Social Responsibility
Leading With Your Head and Your Heart
CEOs who manage crises using intuition, logic, and emotion are the best role models.
Climate Change
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AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
The future workforce and navigating corporate strategy and growth in a world in climate crisis.
The MIT SMR Editors
Climate Change
How Will Companies Respond to the Risk of Climate Change?
Our experts weigh in on whether corporations are now planning for the risks climate change poses.
Climate Change
The Pros and Cons of ‘Growth’
Our economy cannot use resources at the pace it has if we want to keep the planet livable.
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
The Best of This Week
Slack makes us miserable, automated vehicles’ future, and a CEO letter confronts climate change.
The MIT SMR Editors
Climate Change
The Environmental Benefits of Digital Design
Smart companies can take advantage of digital platforms to see financial and sustainability gains.
Gregory C. Unruh and David Kiron
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Preparing for CEO turnover, demystifying AI, and operating in the age of online outrage.
The MIT SMR Editors
Climate Change
Should Businesses Stop Flying to Fight Climate Change?
Flying makes up 3% of emissions. Is it justifiable if you’re battling the other 97%?
Andrew Winston
Corporate Social Responsibility
Can We End the Crisis of Agency?
In the face of feeling powerless, doing small things can make a huge difference.
Paul Michelman
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Must-reads for managing in a digital age: tech giants on privacy, influencer marketing done right, climate change.
The MIT SMR editors
Leading Change
Yes, I’m Feeling Bad About Climate Change. Let’s Discuss.
How do we talk about the state of our planet when the news is so scary?
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch
Nine fast-moving megatrends are shaping where our world will be in 11 years.
Andrew S. Winston
Climate Change
Talking About Sustainability Can Drive Sales: Lessons From a Casino Giant
Caesars has found that telling customers about its green efforts leads to a boost in spending.
Andrew Winston
Sustainability
Digitizing Products for Sustainability’s Sake
Digitization of physical products and production has become an emerging idea in sustainability.
Gregory Unruh and David Kiron
Climate Change
Can Industry Self-Regulation Impact Climate Change?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether industry self-regulation can mitigate climate change.
Climate Change
Driving Sustainability-Oriented Innovation
Organizations can innovate to address environmental and social problems — but they need to build the right culture.
Thijs H.J. Geradts and Nancy M.P. Bocken
Climate Change
Critical Questions Live: Is It Up to Business to Save the Planet?
As government fails to act on climate change, experts debate whether business should take the lead.
Yossi Sheffi, Andrew Winston, and Paul Michelman
Climate Change
Finding Good News for Human Rights After Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder demands moral courage and a principled response from business leaders.
N. Craig Smith and Markus Scholz
Climate Change
Is It up to Business to Save the Planet?
MIT SMR holds a live forum to debate the role of business in solving climate change.
Paul Michelman
Climate Change
Explaining the Business Case for Sustainability Again … and Again … and Again
The question “What’s the business case for sustainability?” has come roaring back in recent years.